Rota's great canoe
Subtitle: a polynesian folk tale.
By: Retold by Yuzo Otsuka with pictures by Hisakatsu Hijikata.
Contributors: Hijikata, Hisakatsu, 1900-1977.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Walker/Weatherhill
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Folklore -- Polynesia -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: Rota disturbs the guardian spirits of the forest when he cuts down their finest tree to make a ceremonial canoe.
Notes: Translation of Ōkina kanū.

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